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If you've got a jeep, at the end of Blue Hills you can turn left to join a more substantial road a few hundred yards inland (the continuation of the road you avoided earlier by forking right). Continue west towards Malcolm Roads beach and Northwest Point. Where the road divides, take the left turn (ignoring signs for the white elephant Crystal Bay condominium project) down a diabolical track about four miles long to Malcolm Roads. As you crawl down this rocky road, look out for osprey nests, large bundles of twigs and sticks, assorted palms and cacti that characterize the island's original vegetation, and great views over the bays as well as the virtually inaccessible inland ponds known for their spectacular birdlife.
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The beach at Malcolm Roads is one of the most beautiful spots in the country. The surf often crashes in on the magnificent beach here, and you can expect to have it to yourself, though you may see dive boats moored offshore at some great dive sites. Bring water as there's no shelter and no facilities; you can also clamber around some rocky outcrops to find tiny coves for swimming. Steer clear of the small group of thatched, wooden tiki-huts that were put up here for a French gameshow in the early 1990s; untended since then, and blown about by occasional hurricanes, they have fallen into disrepair, with rotten floor boards and rusty nails a peril to the unwary.
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West of
Long Bay, Leeward Highway cuts straight across the island to its tiny commercial
centre downtown. Just before you reach downtown, turn off to the right for what
is perhaps the prettiest drive on the island. After about half a mile, take the
right fork leading onto a coastal road that passes Blue Hills, the most
attractive of Provo's original settlements. As well as an astounding variety of
churches, and a graveyard where all the graves face out to sea, there are some
great bars on the beach serving fish and conch snacks and lunches. 